Characters- Like the people in our lives - are not just one way. Characters are complicated.

When a character acts out of character, think about...

-What might motivate someone (your character) to act this way? What might be behind this? -What might this show about the person that we might not know?

Think about Katherine during the scene in Mr. Reardon's office. She was acting out of character because she was silent the entire time. What motivated her to do this? What does this show us about her?

Think about a time your character was acting out of character. What might be behind this, or what does this show?

Normally ------ acts this way... But in this part of the story they did -------. I think they did it because------ or maybe because of ------------. I learned ------- about my character from this because...

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Caleb and Davis: normally, Joey is super hyper. He bounces off walls, climbs fences, cuts off the tip of someone's nose. He got in lots of trouble. At the end of the book, he is calm. This is because the doctor gave him a patch to wear. It helped him stay still and calm.

Laci,Briana. So Meg is usally likes to boss here brother around like all of the time, even thought she is the youngest but she still thinks she is the boss of everything. latly Meg has been acting a bit srange, she has been all quiet but she is usally so loud I think that mabey she saw something that made her a little worried